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... and they can get along | RELIGION SUPPRESSES SCIENCE AS MUCH AS SCIENCE SUPPRESSES RELIGION, BUT THE TWO AREN'T ALWAYS MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE. | image tagged in cosmos,science,religion,reason,faith,memes | made w/ Imgflip meme maker
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There is much you don't understand if you honestly think that. How do new converts to a religion learn about it if it can never be questioned? Why do apologetics and theologians exists if it's not allowed to be questioned?

Also, science is a tool that can be good or bad, and it's not foolproof.
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They can find it out for themselves. To use my religion, you can take what's said in the Bible and compare it to how people act and interact. Also, the teaching process involves the converts asking questions so that still proves that religion does permit questioning. Also, offering proof or explanations involves religious apologists or theologians answering questions, once again demonstrating that religion (or at least some religions) allows questions.

Scientology certainly has taken hits when its beliefs have been examined. How many religious beliefs can you name that have been disproven and from more than one religion?

To take one example in the Bible, read what happens to Moses and the Burning Bush in Exodus 3 - whether you believe it really happened or not, the fact remains that Moses asks God numerous questions and does God say "no questions"? No, He gives Moses answers. Long story short, some religious people, just like non-religious people, don't like their beliefs getting questioned but religions - including Christianity because that's the religion I follow and your favorite one to target - do allow questions, end of story.
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Too many people - when they study the Bible and find something they don't understand or contradicts something else they've heard - don't investigate further and just assume the Bible is wrong; talk about being illogical and faulty research.
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P.S Religion's purpose and how useful it is in finding out about the world around us depends on the religion in question. Having said that, things such as the Bible not explaining all the different types of animals is not a failure of the Bible anymore than a physics textbook is a failure for not teaching you how to cook.
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No, the two can co-exist and this doesn't apply, even among all Christian "fundamentalists". Gallileo himself said (though here I paraphrase) the Bible does not err, the key is in its interpretation. There are things even the theory of evolution and the Bible are in accord on (such as animal life pre-dating human life - in Genesis 1 it states God made the animals of the world before He made humanity).

Also, your accusation of science denial can also be applied to non-Christian religious people and their religions as well as the non-religious (such as non-religious anti-vaxxers who lie about being religious so they get exempt from vaccinating their children).
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